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The message arrives: “Accepted!” For a few minutes, buying a home feels finished. You picture the furniture in the living room and start checking moving-truck dates. Then someone asks whether the financing condition has been satisfied, and the process seems to open up again.

If you could not open the shop tomorrow, your staff would probably manage the first few hours. Someone would turn on the lights. A regular customer might wait. The supplier would call again. By day two, the questions would get harder. Who can approve payroll? Who can speak to the bank? Where is the alarm contact? Can anyone sign the contract sitting in your inbox?

The cottage has its own family history. There is the mark on the doorframe from the summer everyone grew, the cupboard of mismatched mugs and the bedroom that is still called Grandma's room. So when someone says, “We should keep this place in the family,” it is easy for everyone to agree. What they may be agreeing to is less clear.